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T0 ALL .WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, PHILIP AEN, of Brandon, in the` county of Rutland, in thel State ,of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for EavesTroughs an,tl`Conducto1s;"aud I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in thc art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this `specification, in which drawingg i Figure 1 is an elevation of au eaves-trough and conductor, supported by fastenings made according to my invention. 4 i

Figure 2 is a side view of the fastening appliedV to the trough and' conductor, the trough being seenin cross-section.

Figure 3 is a plan of the fastening as applied to a conductor.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists of the combination of a spike or bolt with a .spring-wire, or its equivalent, in such a manner that the spring-wire embraces a trough or conductor, and attaches it tothe spike or bolt, which is previously driven or screwed into the wall of a building. i

The letter a designates an eaves-trough, and the letter b a:conductor, each of ordinary construction, such as are commonly applied to buildings.A c is a bolt, Ysharp-pointed, and intended toV be driven into the wall of a building. Thebolt may have'ascrew-thread on it, in cases where it is desired or preferred to screw it into a wall. It'may valso be modified in form so as to be fastened, by nails or screws, to the wall of a house, in which case its end, instead-of being sharp-pointed, is made broarlinthe form'of a. plate; but for ordinary uses the form here shown is preferable, both for economy in material, and in labor of applying lthe fastening. The spikes or bolts are provided with straps e of wire, or other material, one en d of which is fastened to the bolt at d, and the other is formed with a shoulder, g, which goes through a slot, f, that is cut in the head of the bolt, as seen in the drawings. i i v I prefer to make the strap Aof spring or elastic wire, galvanized to prevent rust. The shoulder of the strap is sprung into and forced through'islotfot th'e bolt, where the elasticity of the wire suices to retain it by pressing it Iagainst the end of the slot, in which position the shoulder g'is prevented from slipping out. In order to release the wire, the shoulder gis pushed inwards, so as to bring it into coincidence with the slot, when it'can be Withdrawn, andthe trough or conductor be thereby released from the fastening.

In putting up or taking down a semi-cylindrical sheet-metal eaves-trough, a, like that shonn in the drawing, advantage is taken of the elasticity of the metal, in `putting in and taking out thd shoulder g from the slot in In the exemple here shown of the manner of applying my invention to an eave s-trough, Imake the bolt long enough to allow itfto extend aeross'the trough, its head coming outside of the trough, anda shoulder at'd, where the spring-strap is fastened, serving to prevent the trough from moving inwardly along the bolt. The spring- -strap or wire is brought round beneath the trough, and outside thereof, and its end ispasse'd through slotf, the

shoulder g on the wire operating to lock the strap to the bolt.

Fig. 2 shows how the outer edge of the trough is made to assist the elastic action of the trap in holding tho shoulder g in place, at the outer end of the slctf.

The bolt shown in fig. 3 is modified iu form,but the principle of construction and operation is the same.

In said fg.' 3 the head of the bolt'is widened out and curved, so as to partly embrace the inner side of the coni` ductor b, the elastic strap being fastened'at alto one end of the head of the kboltfwhence it goes around the outside of the conductor until it meets the slotted end of the head.

In applying my fastening to conductors, I select those part-s where the beads are made at the joints, so that.l the conductors will not be liable to slip through the straps, or form beads on the conductors for the purpose. The spikes or bolts are of malleable or wrought iron.

`What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' The bolt c combined with the elastic strap e, substantially as and for the purpose described.

PHILIP AHN.

Witnesses:

J. Q. Hawkins,- CHARLES W. Barnes. i f` 

